Ray, you sure got lucky in #3. I can just see you smiling when you saw that on your monitor after you cropped the shot. Excellent. You described them well when saying "jewels". As soon as they are done with their molt, just think what they will look like then---
Al

Desert Drake wrote:
Ray, you sure got lucky in #3. I can just see you smiling when you saw that on your monitor after you cropped the shot. Excellent. You described them well when saying "jewels". As soon as they are done with their molt, just think what they will look like then---
Al

They ususally, don't show up in numbers for me until late July or August when they've finished molting so this is a new look for me. I was very lucky to have captured the 3rd image. After I viewed it on my pa271w monitor I couldn't believe my eyes. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good

Tim Kuhn wrote:
Very nice work Ray, these are wonderful. I would suggest less centered crops to improve how the eye sees these

Tim

Thanks Tim!

Yep, I don't have a lot of room to work with here. The feeder is below and the images are more than half the frame and some are closer to full frame and doesn't leave a lot of crop room. The little raskals won't fly high enough to give me the room I need below most of the time. Still, I try not to hit dead center like number 4 oops and the last one is just awkward. I need to spin him about 30 degrees clockiwise to get a good comp.